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==={{L4|nolink=yes}} and {{L5|nolink=yes}} points=== [[File:L4 diagram.svg|thumb|Gravitational accelerations at {{L4|nolink=yes}}]] The {{L4|nolink=yes}} and {{L5|nolink=yes}} points lie at the third vertices of the two [[equilateral triangle]]s in the plane of orbit whose common base is the line between the centers of the two masses, such that the point lies 60Β° ahead of ({{L4|nolink=yes}}) or behind ({{L5|nolink=yes}}) the smaller mass with regard to its orbit around the larger mass.
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